Starting to disassemble the car

 For a full car restoration the entire vehicle needs to be disassembled.  This is so all the rust can be located and addressed.  Then what happens is the entire frame and inside of the body are rustproofed.  Then the underside of the body will be painted black the get it ready to reinstall on the frame, but before that the frame is also painted black and the suspention, rear end, and what not are restored, repaired or replaced while everything is easy to access with the body off.  This is what it looks like after one day.  The front clip has been removed and this is where I found I needed to replace the radiator support and replace the windshield lower channel.

Before I started the disassembly I fitted the new fender to see if it was good.  A lot of times when you buy aftermarket sheet metal parts they don't fit right.  This won't be installed for real for another 6 months so I needed to know if it was going to fit so I could return it before the return window expired.  I buy the sheet metal from National Parts Depot in Charlotte. only 3.5 hour drive from here so its easy to return large parts there without having to pay freight fees.

This fender appears to be perfect!

I had ordered most of the sheet metal a week or so ago so it would be ready to go once I got started.  If classic car parts go out of stock it usually takes months before they are back in stock so you have to plan way ahead to you don't run into a stand still.  Heres the box of sheet metal.